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What purpose does HN serve when we already have reddit? Replicated work! The tricky thing about naysaying technology is that naysayers are almost always corre
by hotpockets 8y ago
What purpose does HN serve when we already have reddit? Replicated work!
The tricky thing about naysaying technology is that naysayers are almost always correct. This doesn't mean that they have useful information (you could refer to Bayes theorem for instance, and look at P(Failure|Prediction), the probability of failure given that an inexpert observer has predicted failure). It's just very easy for casual observers to pick at things.
Additionally:
-What would you say about a site like reddit that "replicates moderation" at each subreddit?
-You also seem to be saying that creating a small business is a dead-end endeavor, that competition between similar businesses is old-fashioned. What if an entrepreneur wants to create a twitter competitor?
- wdewind 8y ago> What purpose does HN serve when we already have reddit? Replicated work! I think you're missing the point. All of these are examples of successful centralized networks. The idea that mastodon will not fall prey to the same incentives facebook did is based on it being meaningfully decentralized. It is extremely unlikely to me that as the network scales (it has 100kish DAUs right now) meaningful decentralization will continue to exist. > -What would you say about a site like reddit that "replicates moderation" at each subreddit? It doesn't, in a meaningful way, because if the government wants to shut something down on reddit they contact reddit, not the moderator of a subreddit. > -You also seem to be saying that creating a small business is a dead-end endeavor, that competition between similar businesses is old-fashioned. What if an entrepreneur wants to create a twitter competitor? I would agree with that in most cases, depending on your goals, and would wish the twitter competitor the best of luck.